The said person is usually vain, impeccably toned and basks in the glow of numerous likes and retweets. We’ve all got that one follower, usually more, who posts 20 thirst inducing pictures a week. The need to gain fame, admiration and cheap likes on every social media platform. The urban dictionary defines ‘Thirsty ‘ as being “too eager “ and just plain “desperate “ It breaks it down further into 3 categories of culpability which we are all familiar with. And its usage is thrown around as easily as amyl nitrate at a gay club. Thirsty seems to be the parlance of choice amongst the gay community. These terms have become apart of the gay vernacular, regularly used on social media.
It has spawned words and slang such as ‘shade ‘, ‘reading ‘and the most commonly used one ‘thirsty’. Thirst shaming - A new gay cultural phenomenonĮver since RuPaul’s Drag Race sissied its walk into the gay collective consciousness.
